Karnataka elections 2023 LIVE: Exit polls predict close BJP vs Cong fight

The majority mark in the 224-seat Karnataka assembly stands at 113 seats

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CM Bommai offered prayers at Hanuman temple in Hubbali as voting continues across Karnataka

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: BY Vijayendra is going to get more than 40,000 votes here, says BS Yediyurappa

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: Happy with party's campaign, the way people reacted to it, says CM Bommai

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra and his family cast their votes in Thirthahalli

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: Minister K Sudhakar casts his vote in Chikkaballapur

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Karnataka Elections 2023: HC permits serving free food after voting to encourage participation

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday allowed distribution and serving of free food at hotels after voting in the Karnataka Assembly elections on Wednesday.

 

The court has permitted hotels to serve food in order to encourage voting. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had prohibited serving of free food on election day after voting as many hotels came up with the offer.

 

The State Election Commission had also warned hotels of strict action on this count. However, the Hotel Owners' Association and the owners of Nisarga Grand Hotel in Bengaluru had challenged the order and approached the high court. The high court, after admitting the petition, has quashed the orders in this regard by the BBMP and the State Election Commission.

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Karnataka Elections 2023: Social media appeal to voters outside polling area not under law: EC

With the Congress accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating the law by issuing appeals to Karnataka voters through social media during the "silence period", sources in the Election Commission on Tuesday said such appeals made outside the polling area do not come under the ambit of the existing law.

 

The law, as exists, prohibits the act "in any polling area" only, they said.

 

They also said the parties alleging violation of Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act through the use of social media have themselves put up a number of such posts even on their official social media handles.

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE Update: Ashwath Narayan casts his vote at a polling booth in Bengaluru

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: Yediyurappa offers prayers at Raghavendra Swamy Mutt in Shikaripura

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We've to vote against communal politics: Actor Prakash Raj

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Urging people of Karnataka, esp young, first time voters, to vote in large numbers: PM Modi

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BJP a people's party, represents all sections: K'taka Min Ashwathnarayan

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: Yediyurappa offers prayers at Sri Huccharaya Swami Temple in Shikaripur

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: Siddalinga Swami of Siddaganga mutt casts his vote

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Karnataka Elections 2023 LIVE: Actor Prakash Raj cast his vote in Shanti Nagar, Bengaluru